How to Elevate from CentOS 7/8 to AlmaLinux

James Ensor Hosting, VPS 24 June 2024
CentOS is nearing End of Life. This guide will walk you through the process of migrating your CentOS system to AlmaLinux using the AlmaLinux ELevate tool. ELevate offers a smooth transition between major versions of…
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Migrate from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 [Easy Guide]

James Ensor 5wire, Hosting, Servers, Tutorial, VPS 7 September 2023
With CentOS 7 fast approaching End of Life in June 2024, this article explains how easy it is to upgrade from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 using the ELevate tool. What is Elevate? ELevate is…
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How To Install Git on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Tutorial 24 June 2021
This tutorial will teach you, step-by-step, how to install Git on your CentOS 8 server.
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How To Install Python 3 and Set Up a Programming Environment on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Tutorial 21 June 2021
This tutorial will teach you, step-by-step, how to install Python 3 and set up a programming environment on a CentOS 8 server.
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How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP) Stack on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, PHP, Servers, Tutorial 17 June 2021
This tutorial will teach you, step-by-step, how to install the LEMP stack on a CentOS 8 server.
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How To Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Tutorial 5 June 2021
In this tutorial, you will learn how to secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on CentOS 8.
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How To Set Up Multi-Factor Authentication for SSH on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Security, Servers, Tutorial 3 June 2021
This tutorial will teach you, step-by-step, how to set up multi-factor authentication for SSH on CentOS 8.
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How To Set Up SSH Keys on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Security, Servers 31 May 2021
This tutorial will teach you how to set up SSH Keys on a server running CentOS 8. SSH, or secure shell, is an encrypted protocol used to administer and communicate with servers. When working with…
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How to Install Nginx on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Tutorial 28 May 2021
Nginx is one of the most popular web servers in the world and is responsible for hosting some of the largest and most popular sites on the internet. It is more resource-friendly than Apache in…
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How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Tutorial 25 May 2021
In this tutorial, you will learn how to secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on CentOS 8. We will use the Let’s Encrypt client Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on CentOS 8…
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